"Pilot (CSI: Crime Scene Investigation) ""Pilot"" is the and the series premiere of the American crime drama """". It first aired on October 6, 2000 on the CBS network in the United States. The premise of the show revolves around the crime scene investigators working for the Las Vegas Police Department. The pilot introduces the main characters of Gil Grissom (William Petersen), Catherine Willows (Marg Helgenberger), Nick Stokes (George Eads), Warrick Brown (Gary Dourdan) and Jim Brass (Paul Guilfoyle). The pilot was written by series creator Anthony E. Zuiker and directed by Danny Cannon. At the crime lab, Holly Gribbs"
"CSI: NY CSI: NY (Crime Scene Investigation: New York, stylized as CSI: NY/) is an American police procedural television series that ran on CBS from September 22, 2004, to February 22, 2013, for a total of nine seasons and 197 original episodes. The show follows the investigations of a team of NYPD forensic scientists and police officers identified as ""Crime Scene Investigators"" (instead of the actual title of ""Crime Scene Unit Forensic Technicians"" (CSU)) as they unveil the circumstances behind mysterious and unusual deaths, as well as other crimes. The series is an indirect spin-off from the veteran series """""
"the suspects' reactions to questioning to judge whether or not they are lying. Analyst estimations place the game's combined development and marketing budget at more than US $50 million, which would make it one of the most expensive video games ever made. The game is set in 1947 Los Angeles, and the open world was modelled accordingly. To model the city, the developers used aerial photographs taken by photographer Robert Spence. The team also used the photographs to create traffic patterns and public transport routes, as well as the location and condition of buildings. While striving to recreate an accurate"
"the confidence of Detective William Hanhardt, who put him in touch with undercover officers in Chicago. They sent him on meetings with organized crime figures. Reininger risked wearing a body microphone and recorder. After visiting the crime scene of the gruesome gangland slaying of bookmaker Al Brown, Reininger backed off his Mob interviews. Adamson claimed that the stories depicted in the series were composites rather than actual events that happened, ""but they'll be accurate"". In a June 1986 press conference, Mann said that the first season of the show would go from Chicago in 1963 to Las Vegas in 1980."
"crowd shots of the first episode. Despite being filmed in San Francisco Stanley found the show to be ""no more representative than the 1970s cop show ""The Streets of San Francisco"" and might as well be set in Chicago or Kansas City."" Stanley described the characters as the ""too familiar"" tormented guy with his buddy for comic relief. Tim Goodman of the ""San Francisco Chronicle"" began his review by saying that five years ago, in 2001, ""The Evidence"" might have seemed compelling. That was before the CSI franchise set a new standard for the police procedural. ""You'd better give the"
"(David Lee Smith), States Attorney Rebecca Nevins (Christina Chang), Medical Examiner Tom Loman (Christian Clemenson), and newly minted detective Sam Owens (Taylor Cole). On April 17, 2002, CBS Television Studios announced plans to launch a series originally titled ""CSI: Miami-Dade"", a spin-off to the hit procedural ""CSI"". On the location choice, co-creator Carol Mendelsohn stated that ""[she, Anthony E. Zuiker, and Ann Donahue] felt Miami was the most happening place [...] Miami is so rich as a character. There is so much water. There are so many different cultures here all colliding. Its politics are so interesting. All that gives"
"City. Scenes set inside the Major Case Squad department were filmed in a studio at Chelsea Piers, Manhattan. The season was nominated for four awards and was described by some reviewers as the most impressive of all the ""Law & Order"" series. It was sold to numerous television stations around the world, and it has been adapted into localized foreign versions in Russia and France. It has been syndicated in the US on a number of cable channels. A DVD box set of Season 1 was released in America on October 21, 2003, and episodes are available for purchase at"
"Law & Order: Criminal Intent Law & Order: Criminal Intent is an American police procedural television drama series set in New York City, where it was also primarily produced. Created and produced by Dick Wolf and René Balcer, the series premiered on September 30, 2001, as the third series in Wolf's successful ""Law & Order"" franchise. ""Criminal Intent"" focuses on the investigations of the Major Case Squad in a fictionalized version of the New York City Police Department set in New York City's One Police Plaza. In the style of the original ""Law & Order"", episodes are often ""ripped from"
"original series was set in Haringey; subsequent series have been set in Bristol, Salford, Sheffield, Tower Hamlets, City of Westminster, New York and Edinburgh. An American version of the series titled ""A Life Of Grime New York"", aired on the Discovery Times Channel that takes place in New York. Both ""A Life of Grime"" and ""A Life Of Grime New York"" have been aired on UKTV People. A Life of Grime A Life of Grime (a play on the expression ""A Life of Crime"") is a BBC reality series following the work of environmental health inspectors. Launched during an explosion"
"in May 2011, and the unaired pilot was leaked in December 2011. Reviewers mostly liked ""17th Precinct"", commenting on its innovativeness despite its police procedural roots. The series takes place in the American city of Excelsior (shot in Vancouver, modeled on San Francisco), in a world where science was never ""invented"", and instead of using ""oil, electricity, [and] coal"", mankind relies on plant- and fire-powered magic to run society. The police of Excelsior's 17th Precinct use spells to collect evidence and information, they defend themselves with ""magic discs"", and they psychically access ""the stream"" (a smokey light beam) for information,"
"going by ""True Crime 2005"". The Chrysler available in the competition was present, as were DJs playing songs which would be featured in the game. All that was confirmed at E3 was that the game would definitely be released on current generation systems. On June 22, 2005, ""True Crime""s official website revealed the game would take place in New York City, with an image of the Manhattan skyline appearing as the site's wallpaper. In August, IGN published an interview with former NYPD detective Bill Clark, who had previously served as executive producer and technical advisor of ""NYPD Blue"", and was"
"acting as show-runner. Jerry Bruckheimer also executive-produces the series. ""CSI: Crime Scene Investigation"" stars William Petersen and Marg Helgenberger expressed their displeasure at CBS' launch of ""Miami"", with Petersen stating that ""[they] should have waited five years for a ""CSI"" spinoff."" Helgenberger supported Petersen's comments during an Emmy acceptance speech, noting that ""as far as [she was] concerned, there’s only one ""CSI""."" Petersen jestingly referred to the series ""NYPDCSI"", as it initially featured both David Caruso and Kim Delaney, of ""NYPD Blue"" fame. In 2002, ""CSI"" executive producer Anthony Zuiker began casting for the then-unnamed Miami based spin-off. First cast"
"as a series regular, though in June 2010 he was let go from his contract. Omar Miller also joined the cast in season eight. ""CSI: Miami"" was filmed primarily in California. Indoor scenes were shot at Raleigh Manhattan Studios in Manhattan Beach, California. Most outdoor scenes were filmed in Long Beach, as well as portions of Manhattan Beach and Redondo Beach. Beach areas of Marina Green Park and Rainbow Lagoon Park in downtown Long Beach were often used for other outdoor scenes, as the newly constructed high-rise condos there gave the appearance of being in Miami. The sculptured walkway paying"
"begin traveling the country, eventually murdering at least 12 women who responded to their ads. Detective Robinson (John Travolta) and Detective Hildebrandt (James Gandolfini) are the homicide detectives who bring the couple to justice. Filming began on March 21, 2005, with the majority of shooting taking place on location in and around historic venues in Jacksonville, Florida. Portions were filmed in the historic Riverside district west of Downtown, while additional shooting occurred in nearby Fernandina and Amelia Island. Several scenes were shot in the Davenport Hotel in Spokane, Washington. Shots of the famous fireplace and Peacock Lounge can be seen"
"the prospect of frozen corpses."" CSI: Miami CSI: Miami (Crime Scene Investigation: Miami) is an American police procedural drama television series that premiered on September 23, 2002, on CBS. Starring David Caruso as Lieutenant Horatio Caine, Emily Procter as Detective Calleigh Duquesne, and Kim Delaney as Lieutenant Megan Donner, the series is the first direct spin-off of """", ""transplanting the same template and trickery — gory crimes, procedural plot and dazzling graphics — into [a new city] while retaining the essence of the original idea"". ""CSI: Miami"" is executive produced by Carol Mendelsohn, Anthony E. Zuiker, and Ann Donahue, with"
"on behalf of the city of Los Angeles, in the retrial of a convicted kidnapper and killer that had been granted as a result of new DNA evidence. His one condition before accepting the task is that he is permitted to choose his own team; he chooses his ex-wife Maggie McPherson as his co-prosecutor, and his half-brother Harry Bosch as his investigator from the LAPD. The prosecution case rests largely on the testimony of Sarah Gleason, the elder sister of the victim, Melissa Landy. The body of 12-year-old Melissa was discovered in 1986, discarded in a dumpster, only a few"
"the pilot in January 2010. The series was created by Shawn Ryan, who grew up in Rockford, Illinois. Regarding the setting of Chicago, Ryan said, ""It's a city I'm very familiar with, and one I haven't seen photographed much, at least on TV,"" and that Chicago is ""the center of the universe."" When describing the show, he stated, ""There will be a few twists that make it different from other cop shows on the air and will make it Fox-like."" When under its original title and concept, Ryan described the show as ""a police show in Chicago that kind of"
"once housed her office was being destroyed, yet in earlier books she constantly complained about its limitations. In a similar way Lucy, her niece, is derogatory about her neighbor for her house, reliance on security, interest in her neighbors - all traits equally applicable to Lucy. That the criminal is portrayed as driven by an insult by Lucy when a child a decade before the period of the book also goes to the series self focus - the various killers from Carrie Grethren to Chandonne and now to Pogue each come to target Scarpetta. Set in Richmond, Virginia, Miami, Florida,"
"(Translation - Law & Order: Criminal Intent) Law & Order: Criminal Intent Law & Order: Criminal Intent is an American police procedural television drama series set in New York City, where it was also primarily produced. Created and produced by Dick Wolf and René Balcer, the series premiered on September 30, 2001, as the third series in Wolf's successful ""Law & Order"" franchise. ""Criminal Intent"" focuses on the investigations of the Major Case Squad in a fictionalized version of the New York City Police Department set in New York City's One Police Plaza. In the style of the original ""Law"
"occasion, been accompanied by Electric Light Orchestra's ""Mr. Blue Sky"". This song was first used in the season-seven episode ""Lab Rats"", and last used during season 10's ""Field Mice"". From ""CSI"", CBS produced a franchise starting in 2002 with a spin-off entitled """". Set in Miami, Florida, and starring David Caruso and Emily Procter, ""Miami"" later launched """" in 2004. Starring Gary Sinise, Sela Ward, and Melina Kanakaredes, ""NY"" was set in New York City and was based upon the idea that ""Everything is Connected"". In 2015, a fourth ""CSI"" series, entitled """", starring Patricia Arquette and Ted Danson, was"
"respect to the filmed action of a scene. Although filmed in Los Angeles (both on location and at CBS Studio Center in Studio City), the series is set in a generic unnamed inner-city location with a feel of a U.S. urban center in the Midwest or Northeast. Bochco reportedly intended this fictional city to be a hybrid of Chicago, Buffalo and Pittsburgh. The program's focus on failure and those at the bottom of the social scale is pronounced, very much in contrast to Bochco's later project ""L.A. Law"". Inspired by police procedural detective novels such as Ed McBain's 1956 ""Cop"
"one of the most memorable cliffhangers in television history, leaving viewers wondering whether they were dead or alive, just as the show's creator were wondering if the series itself was dead or alive with NBC. Viewers were surprised to learn in the fall the series had returned to be permanently based in Las Vegas. The principal characters are based on the real life head of the Chicago anti-mob unit, Det. William Hanhardt and on Chicago mobster Anthony Spilotro. Reininger was subpoenaed to Spilotro's trial in Federal Court in Las Vegas as an unwilling material witness for Spilotro, who was alleging"
"CSI: Miami CSI: Miami (Crime Scene Investigation: Miami) is an American police procedural drama television series that premiered on September 23, 2002, on CBS. Starring David Caruso as Lieutenant Horatio Caine, Emily Procter as Detective Calleigh Duquesne, and Kim Delaney as Lieutenant Megan Donner, the series is the first direct spin-off of """", ""transplanting the same template and trickery — gory crimes, procedural plot and dazzling graphics — into [a new city] while retaining the essence of the original idea"". ""CSI: Miami"" is executive produced by Carol Mendelsohn, Anthony E. Zuiker, and Ann Donahue, with the latter acting as show-runner."
"are rumblings that co-creator Anthony Zuiker and company are planning a third franchise, to be set in New York City"". In 2004, CBS commissioned the New York-set ""CSI"" series, starring Gary Sinise as a detective named Rick Calucci. Calucci, a veteran officer ""who lost his wife during the terror attacks on September 11"", was expected to ""make a guest appearance on ""CSI: Miami"""" in May 2004. On March 23, 2004, Melina Kanakaredes was cast as Stella, ""a crime scene unit detective"". Kanakaredes was cast following her signing a talent deal with CBS in August 2003. The Futon Critic noted that"
"and featured scenes with the Pittsburgh Police in multiple episodes. Series protagonist Nick Fallin is a corporate attorney sentenced to 1,500 hours of community service with Legal Services of Pittsburgh as the result of a drug conviction. The plot focuses on Nick's community service and recovery from drug addiction, as well as his strained relationship with his father, who was founder and is managing partner of the corporate law firm where Nick is employed full-time. The show was set in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and was filmed in the city from time to time. Beginning in season 2, the theme song was"
"himself, however, and possibly allow him to return to the team after reviewing all the files from his previous cases (episode 523, ""Kill Switch""). At the end of Season 2 (episode 223, ""MIA/NYC — Nonstop""), Caine travels to New York City in pursuit of a murder suspect and meets Detective Mac Taylor and his team, inaugurating the first season of """". Caine later reunites with Detective Taylor and the New York CSIs to track down and arrest the murderer, Henry Darius, who would be extradited to Florida to face the death penalty (""CSI: Miami"" episode 407, ""Felony Flight,"" """" episode"
"a thinly veiled copy of ""Perry Mason""."" Unlike ""Perry Mason"", whose adventures took place in Southern California, the daytime series was set in the fictional Midwestern city of Monticello. A frequent backdrop for the show's early scenes was a restaurant called the Ho-Hi-Ho. The state capital, however, was known generically as ""Capital City""; the state in which Monticello was located had never been identified. From its beginning in 1956 until roughly 1980, the downtown skyline of the city of Cincinnati stood in as Monticello. Procter & Gamble, which produced the show, is based in Cincinnati. In later years, the Los"
"San Diego, California, where the show was filmed for the first season. Due to the production costs and low ratings, filming and production moved to Los Angeles, although the show continued to be set in San Diego for the course of its eight-year run on CBS. The series was created by executive producer Philip DeGuere, who credited his inspirations as a request from a CBS executive to create something like a modern ""Butch and Sundance"", and a spec pilot DeGuere had recently read about a divorced husband and wife detective team written by Bob Shayne, whom DeGuere hired to write"
"in due to some of Dan's plots sharing similarities with her childhood annoyances or her secret operative work for the government. Elise's character enables advanced help with some of Dan's revenge missions due to her skills and most of her missions act as a subplot in the show. The show is set primarily in the Los Angeles, CA, area, and background scenes often show notable landmarks in and around Los Angeles. Mandel's original idea was for the show to be a live-action sitcom, but new possibilities opened up once they started development for an animated series. The show was pitched"
"he attempts to illegally seize evidence to solidify a case. The first insight into Finn's personal and professional lives is given in ""CSI on Fire"", in which D.B. and she fight the FBI for a crime scene, eventually attaining jurisdiction. One of the bodies is revealed to be a victim who is part of the case in which Finn resigned from the Seattle P.D. Finn travels to Seattle, where she reconciles with her ex-husband, smashing his TV before noting that she paid for it. The CSI's prime suspect is later found dead shortly after Finn entered his hotel room with"
"the player to freely roam the open world and engage in optional activities. The world features multiple landmarks, which are all based on real monuments from 1940s Los Angeles. The game takes place in the city of Los Angeles, in the year 1947, with the player assuming the role of Los Angeles Police Department officer, and later detective, Cole Phelps. The game starts with Phelps as a uniformed patrolman, and follows his career as he advances through the police department bureaus (desks) of Traffic, Homicide, Vice and Arson. Each desk gives the player a new partner who will help Phelps"
"still airs on MBC Action. Due to the use of contemporary music in each episode, none of the seasons are presently available on DVD, due to music licensing issues. The show is set in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and follows Detective Lilly Rush (Kathryn Morris), a homicide detective with the Philadelphia Police Department, who specializes in ""cold cases"", or investigations which are no longer being actively pursued by the department. Rush was initially partnered with Detective Chris Lassing (Justin Chambers) in the first five episodes and then with Detective Scotty Valens (Danny Pino) for the remainder of the series. They work under"
"series from seeing The Blind Boys of Alabama at a concert in Hollywood and noticing how they came on stage in a line, each holding on to the shoulder of the man in front of him. On May 18, 2004 ABC announced that they had ordered ""Blind Justice"" as a mid-season replacement to fill the spot in their scheduled left by ""NYPD Blue"" which was to end part way through the 2004-05 television season. The start of production on the series in Los Angeles was announced on October 25, 2004. The main setting of the series is the police precinct"